The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Roberto Salvarezza assured that the combination of immunizations against the coronavirus from different laboratories “is safe” and that the proposal was made after analyzing the scientific evidence.
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The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Roberto Salvarezza, affirmed that the combination of immunizations against the coronavirus from different laboratories “is safe” and that it is not a “crazy jug of vaccines”, so it recommended to complete the vaccination schedule with the available offer.
“It is not a crazy jar of vaccines where you do anything“, assured the minister in reference to the combination of vaccines against Covid-19. And he pointed out that the national government presented this proposal after analyzing” scientific evidence “that proves that the use of different laboratories is” safe “and has the same immune response.
“There were no adverse effects in the studies we did in Argentina on the combination of vaccines,” Salvarezza told Futurck.
“There were no adverse effects in the studies we did in Argentina on the combination of vaccines””
Roberto Salvarezza
He reiterated that despite the fact that there is no community circulation of the Delta variant in the country, “it is very important in this scenario that is affecting the world” to complete the vaccination schedule with two doses and added that “there are many few cases of hospitalizations and deaths “in people who have completed the coronavirus immunization plan.
“If one could choose, he would choose what is available because the behavior is the same in terms of antibodies and neutralizing antibodies,” said the minister and stressed that those who choose this option must “remain calm.”
“If they are applied, it is because they are safe and the immune response that is achieved with this combination is very good.“, argument Salvarezza.
In that sense, he explained that, “if Sputnik V is combined with AstraZeneca you will practically have the same immune response as if you used Sputnik in the first and second doses”, and indicated that “the immune response at 14 days is the same with combination that with two doses “of the Russian vaccine.
Salvarezza explained that the portfolio under his charge participated in the studies that were carried out both in the Ministry of Health of the Nation and in that of the City of Buenos Aires, the results of which were presented on Wednesday by the minister. Carla Vizzotti along with his peers from Buenos Aires, Fernn Quirs, and Nicols Kreplak.
According to the minister, these studies “showed positive results not only in terms of safety, which we already know that the combinations are safe, but in terms of the immune response.”
In dialogue with El Uncover Radio, the minister explained that immunization with different laboratories is not something new: “This is not new, the combination of vaccines is possible, it has been done in other cases, and in some cases it is recommended because it reinforces the immune response“.
“The combination between AstraZeneca and Pfizer is already known, it was done extensively in the UK, the same as AstraZeneca with Moderna,” he explained.
Also, clarify that the combination of vaccines will not be “available to everyone” and that “those over 50 will have priority, those with comorbidities and those who have a long time between the first and second dose.”
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